Work as Worship till the Kingdom Comes October 5, 2012

Here’s the bibliography I shared at my diocesan workshop:

Bibliography and Resources

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Gregory Thompson, “The church in our time: nurturing congregations of faithful presence” found on the New City Commons website

Books

*Tom Nelson, Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work

*Amy Sherman, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good

*Os Guinness, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Critical Purpose of Your Life

*Andy Crouch, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

*Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Engaging God’s World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning and Living

Steven Garber, The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior During the University Years

David H. Jensen, Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work

George Herbert, “The Elixir”

Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

D. Michael Lindsay, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite

James Davison Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

R. Paul Stevens, The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective

Christopher Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative

N. T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

*= good introductory books